ἀνθηρός

See also: ανθηρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ᾰ̓́νθ(ος) (ánth(os), “blossom”) +‎ -ηρός (-ērós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /an.tʰɛː.rós/ → /an.θiˈros/ → /an.θiˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /an.tʰɛː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /an.tʰe̝ˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /an.θiˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /an.θiˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /an.θiˈros/

Adjective

ἀνθηρός • (anthērós) m (feminine ἀνθηρᾱ́, neuter ἀνθηρόν); first/second declension

1. flowery, blooming
2. (figuratively) fresh, young
3. bright-colored, brilliant
4. brilliant, splendid
5. (of style) flowery, florid

Inflection

First and second declension of ἀνθηρός; ἀνθηρᾱ́; ἀνθηρόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἀνθηρός anthērós	ἀνθηρᾱ́ anthērā́	ἀνθηρόν anthērón		ἀνθηρώ anthērṓ	ἀνθηρᾱ́ anthērā́	ἀνθηρώ anthērṓ		ἀνθηροί anthēroí	ἀνθηραί anthēraí	ἀνθηρᾰ́ anthērá
Genitive		ἀνθηροῦ anthēroû	ἀνθηρᾶς anthērâs	ἀνθηροῦ anthēroû		ἀνθηροῖν anthēroîn	ἀνθηραῖν anthēraîn	ἀνθηροῖν anthēroîn		ἀνθηρῶν anthērôn	ἀνθηρῶν anthērôn	ἀνθηρῶν anthērôn
Dative		ἀνθηρῷ anthērôi	ἀνθηρᾷ anthērâi	ἀνθηρῷ anthērôi		ἀνθηροῖν anthēroîn	ἀνθηραῖν anthēraîn	ἀνθηροῖν anthēroîn		ἀνθηροῖς anthēroîs	ἀνθηραῖς anthēraîs	ἀνθηροῖς anthēroîs
Accusative		ἀνθηρόν anthērón	ἀνθηρᾱ́ν anthērā́n	ἀνθηρόν anthērón		ἀνθηρώ anthērṓ	ἀνθηρᾱ́ anthērā́	ἀνθηρώ anthērṓ		ἀνθηρούς anthēroús	ἀνθηρᾱ́ς anthērā́s	ἀνθηρᾰ́ anthērá
Vocative		ἀνθηρέ anthēré	ἀνθηρᾱ́ anthērā́	ἀνθηρόν anthērón		ἀνθηρώ anthērṓ	ἀνθηρᾱ́ anthērā́	ἀνθηρώ anthērṓ		ἀνθηροί anthēroí	ἀνθηραί anthēraí	ἀνθηρᾰ́ anthērá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		ἀνθηρῶς anthērôs				ἀνθηρότερος anthēróteros				ἀνθηρότᾰτος anthērótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀνθηρογρᾰφέω (anthērographéō)
• ἀνθηροποικῐ́λος (anthēropoikílos)
• ἀνθηρότης (anthērótēs)
• ὑπανθηρός (hupanthērós)

 

Descendants

• → Greek: ανθηρός (anthirós) (learned)
• → Latin: anthēra

Further reading

• “ἀνθηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἀνθηρός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἀνθηρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀνθηρός in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)